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Hydroid

Clytia hemisphaerica

2,537Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan43
Feb14
Mar51
Apr102
May219
Jun448
Jul404
Aug411
Sep464
Oct159
Nov94
Dec48

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland16
2Ceredigion Wales11
3Highland Scotland10
4Pembrokeshire Wales6
5Torbay England4
6Suffolk England3
7Norfolk England2
8Devon England2
9Sefton England2
10Plymouth England2
11Gwynedd Wales1
12Shetland Islands —1
13Scottish Borders Scotland1
501 England184 Scotland97 Wales59 Northern Ireland6 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,537
Peak month
September
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Clytia hemisphaerica
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
937
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Campanulariidae
Genus
Clytia
Name with authority
Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2550396 · GBIF 2268193